MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI, CERCETĂRII ȘI INOVĂRIIOLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

FAZA JUDEȚEANĂ/MUNICIPIUL BUCUREȘTI, 10 IANUARIE 2009CLASA a IX-a

Subject I (50 points)Write a narrative essay starting with: “My life had settled into a comfortable, satisfying routine when suddenly everything changed”.Write your story in 250 words.

Subject II (25 points)You stayed for one week at your friend’s country house in Cornwall, UK. Write a letter to thank them for their hospitality; include personal news and plans for the future. Use between 120 and 150 words. Sign your letter as Mihai/Mihaela.

Subject III (25 points)

A. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (10 points) Pat and Ronald (1)......(not live) in a caravan, but their home (2).......(travel) more miles than any other house in Britain! Their house (3)........(make) from a pair of Victorian railway carriages, and they (4)........(live) there for ten years. “I (5).......(not want) to live in a train at first,” admits Pat, “but when I (6)........(see) that this train had a garden with a stream, I just (7)......(fall) in love with it. We (8).........(buy) it from an old lady, and she (9).......already (do) a lot of work on it. But there is a lot left to do and we (10)........still......(make) improvements.”

B. Use the words in capitals at the end of each sentence to form another word that fits in each blank space. (5 points)

1. People from many different.....attended the conference. ORGANISE2. It is very......to cross the road at night. DANGER3. He says he would rather be.....than live in a dirty flat. HOME4. The manager spoke to all the workers........ . INDIVIDUAL5. He was very hot and began to......his shirt. DO

C. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same. The word can’t be changed in any way. (10 points)

1. I am sure that the cat is in the house somewhere. MUST ………………………………………………………2. This island has a large population. PEOPLE ……………………………………..3. There are pieces of paper all over the floor. LITTER

4. This is the only money I have left. ALL ……………………………………………………….5. When you eat a lot, you get fat. MORE …………………………………….

TOTAL 100 PUNCTETOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII.TIMP DE LUCRU 3 ORE. NU SE ACORDĂ PUNCTE DIN OFICIU

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